Mar 26

Example of a Multisource Essay

Reading HW Download and read the excerpt from Brett Harvey's oral history of women's experience of the 1950s that's posted among the Readings on our Blackboard Site. As you read, make a list of all Harvey's sources. I found about 10.

Harvey's account of motherhood in the 1950s is partially interest since those suburban moms gave birth to late-60s teen rebels. But my principal aim here is to provide you with an example of the sort of scholarship I'm looking for in the upcoming essay. Harvey has assembled her account by piecing together both Evidence and Authority sources. But, because she's writing for a popular audience, her book lacks scholarly source citations. So you'll have to read carefully and do a bit of guesswork to piece together what sources she's drawing on at any given moment of this chapter.

In the comments below, post ONE of the sources you identified by reference to the page and the moment in her argument. For instance, (these are both made-up examples):

• "On p101 in speaking of family trips, Harvey draws from a 1950s travel brochure published by the American Automobile Association."
• "On p120 Harvey draws on another historian (I assume) to provide a brief history labor-saving appliances like clothes-washers from 1930s up through the early 60s."